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 == Introduction ==
-I will try to illustrate some of the basics of designing a fire works mortar.  There are already some good guilds you should check out. [[Test of Pyrotechnics]] gives you general information about the test and [[Pyrotechnics_Guides | Pyrotechnics Guides]] does a great job of explaining the interface.  However I will try to explain some of the more none intuitive aspects of designing fireworks.
+I will try to illustrate some of the basics of designing a fire works mortar.  There are already some good guilds you should check out. [[Test of Pyrotechnics]] gives you general information about the test and [[Pyrotechnics_Guides | Pyrotechnics Guides]] does a great job of explaining the interface.  However I will try to explain some of the more non-intuitive aspects of designing fireworks.
 == Preparation ==
-First off I suggest you make a large amount of gunpowder and get as many stars made as you can.  Gunpowder will require a large amount of dung so build several camel pens and keep them well fed.  Stars can get expensive with all the metal salts and other ingredients but I suggest you make many of each type, especially if you want to use more then 1 Rockets and Launch Reps options.  While designing the mortar all ways use the Test Fire option, this will not consume the resources loaded into the mortar so you can test fire it often, but you will need the resources in your pocket.  To avoid confusion, I am talking about the Test Fire button in the design interface, not the test fire option on the menu.  To use the test fire on the menu you will need to arm it first, the button will arm it for you, plus it will give you a list of ingredients needed.
+First off I suggest you make a large amount of gunpowder and get as many stars made as you can.  Gunpowder will require a large amount of dung so build several camel pens and keep them well fed.  Stars can get expensive with all the metal salts and other ingredients but I suggest you make many of each type, especially if you want to use more then 1 Rocket and Launch Reps options.  While designing the mortar all ways use the Test Fire option, this will not consume the resources loaded into the mortar so you can test fire it often, but you will need the resources in your pocket.  To avoid confusion, I am talking about the Test Fire button in the design interface, not the test fire option on the menu.  To use the test fire on the menu you will need to arm it first, the button in the interface will arm it for you, plus it will give you a list of ingredients needed if you don't have them in your pocket.
-Below is an example of my Designs Notes spreadsheet, click on the image to get a better view. Notice the formatting of the cells to match the numbers used in the mortar design screen. It is wise to keep design notes encase you tweak it and you want to go back to what you had.<br>
+Below is an example of my Designs Notes spreadsheet, click on the image to get a better view. Notice the formatting of the cells to match the numbers used in the mortar design screen. It is wise to keep design notes in case you tweak it and you want to go back to what you had.<br>
 {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="2"
 |[[File:DesignNotes.png|200px|thumb|Design Spreadsheet]]<BR>

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 First off I suggest you make a large amount of gunpowder and get as many stars made as you can.  Gunpowder will require a large amount of dung so build several camel pens and keep them well fed.  Stars can get expensive with all the metal salts and other ingredients but I suggest you make many of each type, especially if you want to use more then 1 Rockets and Launch Reps options.  While designing the mortar all ways use the Test Fire option, this will not consume the resources loaded into the mortar so you can test fire it often, but you will need the resources in your pocket.  To avoid confusion, I am talking about the Test Fire button in the design interface, not the test fire option on the menu.  To use the test fire on the menu you will need to arm it first, the button will arm it for you, plus it will give you a list of ingredients needed.
-Below is an example of my Designs Notes spreadsheet, click on the image to get a better view. Notice the formatting of the cells to match the numbers used in the mortar design screen.<br>
+Below is an example of my Designs Notes spreadsheet, click on the image to get a better view. Notice the formatting of the cells to match the numbers used in the mortar design screen. It is wise to keep design notes encase you tweak it and you want to go back to what you had.<br>
 {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="2"
 |[[File:DesignNotes.png|200px|thumb|Design Spreadsheet]]<BR>
 |}

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	\| <b>STEP 1:</b><BR>Typically Stage 0 is only used to gain altitude to start the main fireworks show.<BR>Add 2 stages to the mortar and use the settings from the Design 3 image. Once Test Fired yous should get an ending result of something like Launch 3 image. Notice Stage 1 & 2 both start from Launch 0 so they both start from the end of stage 0. Also notice the Thrust Yaw Right settings for Stages 1 & 2. Stage 1 is positive so it goes to the right but Stage 2 is negative so it goes to the left. <BR><b>NOTICE:</b> You have to look at this design by viewing from either South or North.<BR><i><b>HOME WORK 1:</b></i><BR>Change the Launch Roll setting of Stage 0 to 90 \|\| [[File:Launch3.png\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Launch 3]] \|\| \|[[File:Design3.png\|500px\|thumb\|left\|Design 3]]		\| <b>STEP 1:</b><BR>Typically Stage 0 is only used to gain altitude to start the main fireworks show.<BR>Add 2 stages to the mortar and use the settings from the Design 3 image. Once Test Fired yous should get an ending result of something like Launch 3 image. Notice Stage 1 & 2 both start from Launch 0 so they both start from the end of stage 0. Also notice the Thrust Yaw Right settings for Stages 1 & 2. Stage 1 is positive so it goes to the right but Stage 2 is negative so it goes to the left. <BR><b>NOTICE:</b> You have to look at this design by viewing from either South or North.<BR><i><b>HOME WORK 1:</b></i><BR>Change the Launch Roll setting of Stage 0 to 90 \|\| [[File:Launch3.png\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Launch 3]] \|\| \|[[File:Design3.png\|500px\|thumb\|left\|Design 3]]
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 First off I suggest you make a large amount of gunpowder and get as many stars made as you can.  Gunpowder will require a large amount of dung so build several camel pens and keep them well fed.  Stars can get expensive with all the metal salts and other ingredients but I suggest you make many of each type, especially if you want to use more then 1 Rockets and Launch Reps options.  While designing the mortar all ways use the Test Fire option, this will not consume the resources loaded into the mortar so you can test fire it often, but you will need the resources in your pocket.  To avoid confusion, I am talking about the Test Fire button in the design interface, not the test fire option on the menu.  To use the test fire on the menu you will need to arm it first, the button will arm it for you, plus it will give you a list of ingredients needed.
-Below is an example of my Designs Notes spreadsheet, clcik on the image to get a better view.<br>
+Below is an example of my Designs Notes spreadsheet, click on the image to get a better view. Notice the formatting of the cells to match the numbers used in the mortar design screen.<br>
-[[File:DesignNotes.png|200px|Design Spreadsheet]]<BR>
+{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="2"

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 == Preparation ==
 First off I suggest you make a large amount of gunpowder and get as many stars made as you can.  Gunpowder will require a large amount of dung so build several camel pens and keep them well fed.  Stars can get expensive with all the metal salts and other ingredients but I suggest you make many of each type, especially if you want to use more then 1 Rockets and Launch Reps options.  While designing the mortar all ways use the Test Fire option, this will not consume the resources loaded into the mortar so you can test fire it often, but you will need the resources in your pocket.  To avoid confusion, I am talking about the Test Fire button in the design interface, not the test fire option on the menu.  To use the test fire on the menu you will need to arm it first, the button will arm it for you, plus it will give you a list of ingredients needed.
 == Lessons ==

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 ===LESSON 2:===
-In this lesson we will jump into something a little more complex.  We will cover some of the Direction options and Trust options as well as Roll and Reps. You can play around with the Ring and Fan direction options, they are fairly intuitive, just add an even or odd number of Rockets. Keep in mind that if you follow a Ring/Fan stage, say with 4 Rockets, the following stage will require 4X the number of rockets for each consecutive stage. However, I am usually disappointed with them.<BR><b>REQUIREMENTS:</b> Use the previous mortar and have ? gunpowder and ? stars in your pocket.
+In this lesson we will jump into something a little more complex.  We will cover some of the Direction options and Trust options as well as Roll and Reps. You can play around with the Ring and Fan direction options, they are fairly intuitive, just add an even or odd number of Rockets. Keep in mind that if you follow a Ring/Fan stage, say with 4 Rockets, the following stage will require 4X the number of rockets for each consecutive stage. However, I am usually disappointed with them.
 <BR><b>NOTE:</b>Since I can only capture a small part of the fireworks, the following images will only show the last part.<BR>
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-| <b>STEP 1:</b><BR>Typically Stage 0 is only used to gain altitude to start the main fireworks show.<BR>Add 2 stages to the mortar and use the settings from Stage 0 in previous lesson and the settings for Stage 1 & 2 from Design 3 image. Once Test Fired yous should get an ending result of something like Launch 3 image. Notice Stage 1 & 2 both start from Launch 0 so they both start from the end of stage 0. Also notice the Thrust Yaw Right settings for Stage 1 & 2. Stage 1 is positive so it goes to the right but Stage 2 is negative so it goes to the left.<BR>      || [[File:Launch3.png|200px|thumb|left|Launch 3]] || |[[File:Design3.png|350px|thumb|left|Design 3]]
+| <b>STEP 1:</b><BR>Typically Stage 0 is only used to gain altitude to start the main fireworks show.<BR>Add 2 stages to the mortar and use the settings from the Design 3 image. Once Test Fired yous should get an ending result of something like Launch 3 image. Notice Stage 1 & 2 both start from Launch 0 so they both start from the end of stage 0. Also notice the Thrust Yaw Right settings for Stages 1 & 2. Stage 1 is positive so it goes to the right but Stage 2 is negative so it goes to the left. <BR><b>NOTICE:</b> You have to look at this design by viewing from either South or North.<BR><i><b>HOME WORK 1:</b></i><BR>Change the Launch Roll setting of Stage 0 to 90      || [[File:Launch3.png|200px|thumb|left|Launch 3]] || |[[File:Design3.png|500px|thumb|left|Design 3]]
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-| <b>STEP 1:</b><BR>Add 2 stages to the mortar and use the settings from Stage 0 in previous lesson and the settings for Stage 1 & 2 from Design 3 image. Once Test Fired yous should get an ending result of something like Launch 3 image. Notice Stage 1 & 2 both start from Launch 0 so they both start from the end of stage 0. Also notice the Thrust Yaw Right settings for Stage 1 & 2, 1 is positive and 2 is negative.<BR>      || [[File:Launch3.png|200px|thumb|left|Launch 3]] || |[[File:Design3.png|350px|thumb|left|Design 3]]
+| <b>STEP 1:</b><BR>Add 2 stages to the mortar and use the settings from Stage 0 in previous lesson and the settings for Stage 1 & 2 from Design 3 image. Once Test Fired yous should get an ending result of something like Launch 3 image. Notice Stage 1 & 2 both start from Launch 0 so they both start from the end of stage 0. Also notice the Thrust Yaw Right settings for Stage 1 & 2. Stage 1 is positive so it goes to the right but Stage 2 is negative so it goes to the left.<BR>      || [[File:Launch3.png|200px|thumb|left|Launch 3]] || |[[File:Design3.png|350px|thumb|left|Design 3]]
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